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| October 19th | Marjorie Mostyn (Birth) |
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One of the three daughters of the artist Tom Mostyn, Marjorie Mostyn (1893 - 1979) studied at St John’s Wood School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools (1912 - 1915) where she met her future husband, Leonard Fuller (October 11th). Fuller painted her portrait (left) and her teachers included John Singer Sargent, the renowned Italian – born, American artist known for his portraiture and his depictions of Edwardian-era luxury. |
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A superb portraitist and painter of outdoor scenes, one of Mostyn’s loveliest outdoor scenes is Sunday Evening, St. Ives (1950), pictured right, but most of her paintings were of children, and women. After the birth of their son, Mostyn restricted her activities to commercial work and running the St. Ives School of Painting. Following the death of her husband in 1973, Mostyn assumed complete responsibility for running the St. Ives School of Painting and continued until her death in 1979, aged eighty six. |
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